Semifinals! The SEC's postseason woes, Michael Katz on Ole Miss' wild run

The OG Kickoff w/ Connor and Will

Connor O'Gara

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🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 115 minutes

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We've got a TON of ground to cover, starting with Chad Morris being employed at a real college football job. The guys dig into both College Football Playoff semifinal matchups. Who wins? Plus, the guys discuss what's been a dreadful postseason for the SEC and what it actually means. Michael Katz joins the show to talk all things Ole Miss. The guys close with Lad of the Week.Chapters:FIESTA BOWL: OLE MISS vs. MIAMI(00:06:33) PEACH BOWL: INDIANA vs. OREGON (00:27:07)TAKEAWAYS FROM THE SEC’S BOWL SEASON (00:42:36)MICHAEL KATZ INTERVIEW (01:09:03)LAD OF THE WEEK (01:40:43)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.0	Karen O'Kera. Will, let's start with some inspiration. We're in 2026 now. Maybe people are looking to get inspired, stick to their New Year's resolutions, little, I can do this.
0:37.9	I can paint a new picture of my life and what it's going to look like.
0:42.2	Should we start off with that?
0:43.7	Look, Connor, the transfer portal is open.
0:45.8	I'm chock full of opium right now.
0:48.4	Well, you should be because Chad Morris is Clemson's offensive coordinator now.
0:52.7	If you can do it, if he can do it, if I could change.
0:57.4	No. Chad Morris in the year of our Lord 2026 has been hired to be Davosweeney's savior
1:06.1	offensive coordinator. What a great, what a country we live in, Will. What a, what a country wearing something like that can happen. Of the thousand ways you could have gone there, that was actually the least expected for me. But you're right. It's such an inspirational story. I mean, a guy that, you know, he's been a coaching football. He's been around. So again, like, hey, if he had the confidence to go walk in there, shake Davo's hand and be like, I deserve this job. And Davvo say, hey, you know what? Like kind of this guy's gym. I think we should have this guy around. You could do anything, America. He gets the culture here. And never mind the fact that Clemson went on this historic tear after he left Clemson.
1:45.9	We don't need to get into that.
1:50.2	Will, I want you and the people at home to do an exercise that I did yesterday.
1:53.1	Just pull up Chad Morris's Wikipedia page right now.
1:54.0	Do it.
2:00.3	Because if you need inspiration, if you're listening to this thinking, man, I don't want to go to the gym today.
2:02.3	I don't want to read this book.
2:05.2	I know I guaranteed I was going to read 20 books this year.
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